2nd Shift Maintenance Mechanic-Camden, NJ
Location
Camden, NJ
Wage
$20 – $28.66/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 10, 2026
Location
Camden, NJ
Wage
$20 – $28.66/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 10, 2026
HCSC linen services is an innovative provider of textile programs and services to the healthcare community, impacting the health and safety of patients by providing top-quality linen services. The 2nd Shift Mechanic position in Camden, NJ involves performing scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs to ensure proper production standards and environmental control.
At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 26% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $28–$38/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
Camden, NJ currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 127 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Camden, or widen the search to New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 2nd Shift Maintenance Mechanic-Camden, NJ figures were last recalculated when this page was built.